Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Russell Vought arrives to testify during a hearing of the House Budget Committee about President Trump's budget for Fiscal Year 2021, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

During the confirmation hearing for Trump's OMB nominee, Russell Vought in the Senate this week, Senator Mark Warner lost it on Vought over his past comments.

Vought was OMB director during Trump’s first term. He already had a hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

Donald Trump jumped to claim credit for brokering the ceasefire moments after it was announced on Wednesday, despite the fact that he was not in office for the duration of the conflict. But his instinct may not be far off: A diplomat briefed on the negotiations credited their sudden progress to the incoming forty-seventh president, reported

President Trump's pick to lead the Office of Management and Budget faced a tough grilling from Democratic lawmakers on the Senate Budget Committee on Wednesday.

The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate Budget Committee will move ahead on confirming President Donald Trump's pick for budget chief Russell Vought despite calls from top Democrats for a delay after an order halting all federal grants and loans.

The nominee’s combative disdain for Congress’s power of the purse makes him unqualified.

The White House has rescinded the freeze on federal grants and loans after facing furious backlash from both sides of the aisle. Follow Newsweek's live blog.

President Donald Trump’s budget office has rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants , less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Russell Vought, President Trump’s pick to head the White House budget office, told senators in his confirmation questionnaire that he believes the 2020 presidential election was “rigged.” Asked by

Russ Vought, President Trump's pick to lead the White House budget office, is facing increased scrutiny as the Trump administration rolls out plans to radically reshape the federal government. Why it matters: If confirmed as the director of the Office of Management and Budget,

WASHINGTON — As President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general, Pam Bondi, took questions from senators Wednesday, only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults were "extremely" or "very" confident ...